Monday, 26 Oct 2026 26 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut
📰 3 sources 4 articles · 25 Oct 2026, 22:15 → 6 hours ago

Lebanese Premiership denies 'deporting two Mossad agents' and says President Salam did not intervene in the case of the two detainees

The Lebanese Premiership denied reports circulating on social media that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had ordered the deportation of two people suspected of links to Israel's Mossad. It said the security agencies and the judiciary handled the file with full independence, and that the two were arrested on suspicion because they used a phone number with the (+972) international code and turned out to be Palestinians residing in Ramallah.

📍 Where things stand: The file remains with the security agencies and the judiciary, while the Premiership denies any intervention by Prime Minister Salam or any deportation order.

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  1. 25 Oct 2026, 22:15 The Lebanese Premiership affirmed that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam did not intervene in the case of the two suspects, and that the security agencies and the judiciary handled the file with full independence.
  2. 25 Oct 2026, 22:18 The Lebanese Premiership denied reports that Prime Minister Salam had issued an order to deport two Mossad agents, describing them as baseless news aimed at misleading public opinion.
  3. 25 Oct 2026, 22:53 Responding to reports circulating on social media, the media office of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the information was "entirely and in detail baseless," explaining that the security agencies arrested the two on suspicion because they used a phone number with the (+972) international code, and that they turned out to be Palestinians residing in Ramallah.
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